GranTurismoEra Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Okay we,ll reconvene in 18-24 months if there is at least a concept and/or announcement! Officially We,ll leave it to the car gods to decide its faith! I remain positive even if it may be the final iteration. Thats if it gets past the boardroom onto the design floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmale4yu Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 You guys also have to remember that the US market is not necessarily a shoe in for Nissan as some others have suggested. Despite there being less bias towards the German marques/badge snobbery in the US compared to here, a new Z will have to compete with the Mustang , Camaro, Charger etc on US soil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 8 hours ago, hmale4yu said: You guys also have to remember that the US market is not necessarily a shoe in for Nissan as some others have suggested. Despite there being less bias towards the German marques/badge snobbery in the US compared to here, a new Z will have to compete with the Mustang , Camaro, Charger etc on US soil Wont be an issue if done right. Around the track its a no brainer. Thank USA down to Europe thered be no Z since the 350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 A Z car is a completely different market and demographic, it wont go toe to toe with muscle cars and wouldnt even try, I am sure they would love to steal a few customers away, but that will be about as high as their aspirations get, Nissan is after ze Germans, Porsche and BMW, most comparisons are 350z/370z to Cayman/Boxster/M cars, GTR to 911 Turbo S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) I havent done as much reading on this subject as you guys but I am sure the bean counters at Nissan will have a defining say on what happens next. Having seen the sales figures 350z to 370z would it make economic sense for them to bother building a new Z car in the near future? Personally concerning the EU I would be more concerned about where I site my production and head office facilities post March 2019 and looking at the rapidly changing dynamics of drive train, fuel costs, attacks on diesel (look at JLR this morning) consumer demand moving to SUVs etc. Sports cars in all their derivatives make up less than 1% of European car sales, unless Nissan have a point to prove in that segment I cannot see financially any reason for them to do this right off the back of such poor sales of the 370z. Edited January 10, 2019 by coldel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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